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Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday back in 2014 by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, fulfilling a goal he made in 2009 after a similar jump even though he could no longer use his legs.
The nation's 41st president jumped from a helicopter at about 6,000 feet while harnessed to retired Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, a former member of the Golden Knights, the Army's parachute team. Elliott guided Bush to a safe landing on his 85th birthday.
"That's what he wanted for his 90th birthday and that's what he got," Elliott said. "It's a very good feeling to be involved and be able to turn back time."
The helicopter picked up Bush outside his Kennebunkport home. His family transported him from his wheelchair to the chopper, singing "Happy Birthday" before it took off.
Bush floated to the ground under a red, white and blue parachute and landed on the lawn of St. Ann's Episcopal Church, where several hundred friends and family had gathered. Elliott said Bush's foot got tangled up underneath him during the landing, causing him to tumble forward onto the ground. A spokesman later said the former president was feeling "fine."
"He had a big smile for the crowd. You could tell he was exhilarated," said Diana Untermeyer, a family friend from Houston. "He's an amazing man. This is just another sign of that. I think that like most of America, our family loves him to pieces. It was just a real thrill to do this again."
Bush was greeted with a kiss from his wife, Barbara, and a hug from his son, former President George W. Bush. The family left without talking to reporters.
Outside the grounds, several hundred people gathered on the rocky shore to get a glimpse of the jump.
"He has a lot of courage. We need more like him," said David Morris, 79, of Melrose, Massachusetts.
Said Carol Schierl, 75, of Green Bay, Wisconsin: "I think it's wonderful. I hope I can jump out of a plane at 90."
The jump was kept secret until Thursday morning partly to give Bush the option of bagging it because of less-than-ideal weather, including a low ceiling of clouds.
"It's vintage George Bush," spokesman Jim McGrath said. "It's that passion for life. It's wanting to set a goal, wanting to achieve it. I'm sure part of it is sending a message to others that even in your retirement years you can still find challenges."
Bush had to overcome the objections of his doctor, Barbara and the rest of the family before making the latest jump, Elliott said. Eventually, he won them over.
"He's smiling like a kid in kindergarten," Elliott said following the jump.
Bush's jump was indicative of a trend among people of advanced age, said Lenard Kaye, director of the Maine Center on Aging at the University of Maine. More and more seniors are participating in extreme physical activities deep into their golden years, a trend that will pick up steam as more baby boomers retire, he said.
Such "extreme acts of adventure" are becoming a part of many seniors' lives but they need to be mindful that their bones are more fragile than when they were younger, he said.
During his years in the White House, Bush was known for jogging, tennis and fast-paced golf. The former president, who signed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, now uses a wheelchair or scooter because of a form of parkinsonism that has robbed him of use of his legs.
The first time Bush jumped from an airplane was when his plane was shot down in World War II over the Pacific. He marked his 75th, 80th and 85th birthdays by skydiving. Thursday was his eighth jump.
Other birthday festivities included a private dinner with more than 200 relatives and friends, including some from his White House days: press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, White House counsel Boyden Gray and political director Ron Kaufman, McGrath said. His children, including George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, will be there, McGrath said.
Kennebunkport is a special place for the president. As a boy, he visited the family home at Walker's Point every summer, except during World War II. The retreat was later dubbed his "summer White House."
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The OKCupid statistics blog, by Christian Rudder, is amazing. Sadly, it hasn't updated since 2011, around when OKCupid was bought by Match.com. (Rudder says the timing was a coincidence—he took time off for another project, and the blog may return soon!)
In the meantime, I'd like to recommend another unexpectedly engrossing blog: The Baby Name Wizard blog, by Laura Wattenberg (creator of the amazing Name Voyager graphing tool).
I find the Baby Name Wizard blog fascinating because, like the OK Cupid Blog, it combines two key ingredients:
- Access to rich data about something that comes up all the time in our lives
- The ability to find and tell the stories in that data
The reason I like the blog has nothing to do with naming babies. (I'm not allowed to name babies, anyway.)
I like it because we all encounter names every day, all the time, in every part of our life. We all have feelings and opinions about what names mean, but if you're like me, they were mostly unconscious, unquestioned, and never subject to any statistical rigor. (Freakonomics has a well-known chapter about naming trends, which Wattenberg takes issue with).
Nevaeh ("Heaven" backward) is currently a more popular baby name than Sarah. Brooklyn is more popular than either, and Sophia is more popular than all three combined. In 20 years, those names will conjure up images of college kids, and Brandon and Sarah will sound as much like Mom and Dad names as Gary and Debby do to my generation.
For example, you may have heard the urban legend about a mother who named her daughter Le-a, pronounced "Ledasha". Wattenberg dissects this urban legend in an insightful essay (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3), which explains how apocryphal names like Le-a serve, across a wide variety of communities, as proxies for talking about race.
Here are a few of the other things I've learned from the blog:
- The complaint that nobody has "normal" names anymore is surprisingly universal and timeless.
- The All-American name Samantha was virtually unknown before it was used in Bewitched—for 1960s viewers, it would have sounded as obscure as Permelia.
- The popularity of Ava and Olivia aren't signs of a Victorian revival in naming—they're 40 times more popular now than they ever were in Victorian times.
- There's a reason you hate your parents' taste in names (and they hate yours).
- These days, people in the UK prefer cute, diminutive nicknames, whereas Americans prefer more formal names.
- Fictional female politicians and real female politicians have very different types of names.
- There's a reason you can't find a license plate with your kid's name on it.
That's just a tiny sampling; if you think any of it sounds interesting, I recommend browsing through the blog's extensive archives.

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Stacy Lewis wins player of the year and shows LPGA that American golf still has a pulse
NAPLES, Fla. – The website for Stacy Lewis refers to her as the "Next Great American Golfer."
That's about as high as any American on the LPGA Tour had reason to aim. It has been 18 years since an American was LPGA player of the year, and go back one more year to find the last American to win the LPGA money list.
Even though the phrase "global golf" is now in vogue, the LPGA Tour was ahead of its time. It has been a magnet for the very best from every corner of the globe for the better part of two decades. The Americans had to contend with the power of Laura Davies, the precision of Annika Sorenstam, the athleticism of Karrie Webb and the influence of Se Ri Pak, who inspired a nation of South Korean golfers.
Who would have guessed that when Sorenstam won player of the year in 1995, she would be retired for four years before an American won the award?
And that's where Lewis comes in.
Sick of hearing that American women didn't work hard enough or were not as dedicated or simply not as good, Lewis set what she thought was a reasonable goal for this year. She wanted to be the top American in the women's world ranking. And when she won her second event of the year in June, she moved past Cristie Kerr to No. 3 in the world, officially making her the "Greatest American Golfer." At least for that week.
But she didn't stop there.
Lewis won in Alabama and started building a big lead in the points-based award for player of the year. Inbee Park made a run at her with a win and runner-up finish in Asia, and it figured to come down to the wire. Lewis, though, delivered her fourth and biggest win of the year at the Mizuno Classic that effectively wrapped it up.
And when Park failed to win in Mexico last week, Lewis became the first American since Beth Daniel in 1994 to be LPGA player of the year.
Lewis closes out her dream season this week at the LPGA Titleholders, which now is more of a victory lap than a sprint to the finish line.
"All last year, there were all these questions of where the Americans were and why weren't they playing well," Lewis said. "I got tired of answering the questions. The only thing I could do is play better and put a face to American golf."
American golf didn't disappear entirely.
Juli Inkster, who as a rookie won two majors, returned from having her second daughter and won five majors, completing the LPGA Grand Slam. Meg Mallon added a pair of majors, as did Kerr. Morgan Pressel became the youngest LPGA major champion. Hilary Lunke became the most surprising.
But no American could claim to be the best in women's golf for a single season until now.
Daniel got so sick about hearing and reading how she was the last American to be player of the year that "it started to feel like part of my name."
"Here's my take," Daniel said. "So many American fans are looking for an American superstar so bad that when someone starts playing well, they get grabbed and offered to do outside things. To win player of the year, you have to focus on playing all year long. And there's not a lot of American golfers that focus entirely on the golf course. They're making money off the golf course. Stacy is one of those people who can hold her focus."
There were high hopes for Michelle Wie, who played in the final group of an LPGA major at 13 and had a chance on the back nine to win three majors at 16. Those turned out to be her best years on the golf course. Paula Creamer won her first LPGA event before going to her high school commencement, and she starred in a U.S. win at the Solheim Cup as a teenager. But her lack of power, occasional lapses in putting and injuries have kept her from reaching the top.
How fitting that this would fall to Lewis, who is rarely anyone's first choice.
She made her pro debut at Interlachen in 2008 at the U.S. Women's Open and had a one-shot lead going into the final round, though all the attention was on Creamer, who was one shot behind going into a final round that wasn't kind to either of them. Later that year, all the buzz at LPGA Q-school was Wie trying to earn her card after years of taking so many handouts. Wie made it, and it was a big story.
The footnote that day was Lewis winning the tournament by three shots.
Then again, she's used to that.
Lewis wasn't the best on her high school team. She had to earn her spot on the traveling squad at Arkansas, and despite winning six times her senior year, she lost out on NCAA player of the year. She played the Kraft Nabisco Championship as an amateur and tied for fifth, though no one noticed because Pressel won that year at age 18.
"At the U.S. Open I was overshadowed by Paula, and at Q-school it was even worse with Michelle," she said. "I think I've always been second fiddle. I don't know if they just don't expect anything from me or don't pay attention. But it fires me up when I play well and all anyone talks about is someone else. That motivates me. That's been the story for me the whole way."
No one can overlook her now.
It's a big moment for American golf on the LPGA Tour. It's a bigger moment for Lewis, a compelling story long before she became the top American.
Lewis was diagnosed with scoliosis as a kid and wore a back brace 18 hours a day for seven years to correct the curvature of her spine — taking the brace off long enough to practice golf. When it didn't heal properly, she had surgery after finishing high school to install a steel rod and five screws in her vertebrae. That didn't stop her from playing at Arkansas, from winning an NCAA title, from winning an LPGA major, and now winning LPGA player of the year.
"This was not even on my mind," Lewis said. "I was trying to win a couple of tournaments and be the top American. Everything else has been a bonus."


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Erica Jong's Fear of Flying doesn't make New York's list of essential books about the city published in the past 40 years. But D. Keith Mano's Take Five – what, you've forgotten it, already? – does make it.
Some writers are said to suffer from the curse of the Nobel. Sam Anderson may suffer from the curse of the Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing, which he received last month from the National Book Critics Circle. Anderson has written wonderful reviews in his current post as the book critic for New York. But if his byline has appeared on a less edifying article than a new list of 26 essential books about New York published the past 40 years, I haven't seen it.
Anderson said he looked for two traits in books he considered for the list in New York's 40th anniversary issue, dated April 14: "all-around literary merit" and what he calls "New Yorkitude" nymag.com/anniversary/40th/culture/45763/. And nobody could fault his choice of books such as Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities or Robert Caro's The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, both modern classics.
But the birth of New York coincided with the emergence a new generation of female writers whose work indelibly stamped the literature of the city. And you would never know it from Anderson's list, which has only six books by women.
Anderson chose Charles Mingus's Beneath the Underdog, D. Keith Mano's Take Five and Luc Santé's Low Life but not Erica Jong's Fear of Flying, Mary Cantwell's Manhattan, When I Was Young, Nora Ephron's Heartburn and other acclaimed books by women that reek of "New Yorkitude."
Questions of literary merit and attitude are subjective. But anyone who wants to give Anderson's list a reality test might reread John Updike's review of Fear of Flying for The New Yorker, which said in part:"Fear of Flying not only stands as a notably luxuriant and glowing bloom in the sometimes thistly garden of 'raised' feminine consciousness but belongs to, and hilarious extends, the tradition of Catcher in the Rye and Portnoy's Complaint — that of the New York voice on the couch, the smart kid's lament."
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The best, "normal" lube they tested was Rock and Roll Gold. I wrote a review of some of the lubes I've used and it has been one of my most popular posts, I have bottle of Rock and Roll Extreme that worked very well. One of the least efficient lubes they tested was Prolink Gold, which I also reviewed and really like on my road bike. There is a reason it stays so clean, it doesn't do that good of job lubricating.
The Winner of their test was a very old school lube, in fact its not even a lube, its a solid at room temperature, paraffin wax. Paraffin wax was not only the most efficient lube they tested but it also was the cleanest, it actually even got more efficent when they tested the chain dirty.
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For me its not the efficiency that I care about, its not even the cleaner drive train. I've found that my chains wear out in a few months mountain biking. The constant grit and sand of our trails are carried into the rollers by the constant oiling of the chain where they act like grinding/polishing compound. Not only do my chains wear out fast, they feel as if they are full of grit the whole time. Maybe chains will last longer when the rollers aren't packed with grit?
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In the near future, Parton sees a resort hotel lobby with a three-story window that frames Mount LeConte – one of the tallest peaks in the Smoky Mountains. Guests will be able to book a grand suite in the hotel that the entertainer uses when she stays in the Pigeon Forge theme park that bears her name.
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A new roller coaster, this one aimed at families, is scheduled to open in 2014.
The resort hotel has been Parton's dream ever since she affixed her name to the theme park 28 years ago.
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"We're starting out with a resort that has 300 rooms," she said. "Some of the rooms will accommodate up to six people in a family."
There will be a lot of "front porch spaces" at the resort. Parton noted that during her upbringing nearby, people tended to congregate on front porches or in the kitchen.
A fishing pond will be on the property where children can catch their first whopper and there will be fire pits where families can roast marshmallows.
People walking into the lobby will be greeted with a glass of lemonade in the summer and a cup of hot chocolate during winter months.
The total dollar investment in the next decade will exceed the company's spending on Dollywood so far, said Craig Ross, president.
"In 10 years' time, we will have spent more than we've spent since the inception back in 1986 …" Ross said.
The plan includes multiple additional resorts as well as more rides and shows.
"It's the bigger scope of these attractions that we'll be adding that's different," Ross said.
The first of the new attractions will be Fire Chaser Express, scheduled to open next year. It's a ride described as exciting, but not as intense as the Wild Eagle or Dollywood's water coaster, RiverRush. Children of elementary school age will be able to ride it.
Research by Dollywood showed executives the resort will make a difference for many people looking to vacation in the mountains.
A survey showed 80 percent of people asked about visiting the theme park, who hadn't yet come, indicated having a resort on the property would be important to them.
Dollywood is putting up a new website, www.dreammoreresort.com, to help market the hotel, even as it is under construction.
Leon Downey, the executive director of the Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism, emphasized the importance of the Dollywood expansion.
"We're basically 100 percent tourism," Downey said. "It's the only industry we have."
On an average day, there will be 50,000 guests in Pigeon Forge – a small city with a permanent population of 5,784. The announcement by Dollywood is exciting for the town.
"It makes all of us in the city smile," Downey said "Every year Dollywood has a new announcement, but this one is so big it dwarfs all the others."
The Sevier County where Parton grew up was mostly hardscrabble farming and a few summer forays into selling trinkets to tourists.
She is proud to be part of the transformation of the mountains gateway community.
Her success as a country music artist and an actress has pulled her to Hollywood and many overseas locations. She is preparing for another European tour now. But the mountains will always be home, Parton said, and she's glad to bring employment there.
"It is the most amazing feeling," Parton said. "People say you can't go home again. Well, I've certainly proved that wrong."
Parton said the nearby Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a magnet that has drawn visitors for decades. Visitation to the national park averages more than 9 million people a year.
Dollywood is positioning itself as a tourist destination in itself, even as it shares many of its visitors with the black bears and grand vistas of the Smokies.
"The national park has always been great for campers," Parton said. "But people come and sometimes they like to say 'Well, let's get out of these woods for a minute and let's go down to Dollywood.'"


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Travel and Adventure: Bicycles, penguins and romance on an Antarctic cruise
"Aren't all cruise ships the same?" I asked my girlfriend, Lori, as we were about to board Holland America's MS Veendam for a journey around the tip of South America and into Antarctica.
"No, they aren't," said the woman in front of us. "See that suitcase?" She pointed to the one in her husband's hand. "It's filled with wine. Holland America permits you to bring all the wine on board you like, and that's different," she said.
That being the case, we raced to a nearby wine outlet and bought some bottles for the 20-day journey.
Another question I had was whether we'd have any privacy on a big cruise ship. This trip was going to be a test to see how well Lori and I could get along together in close quarters.
Luckily we both like hot tubs, and we found the ones on this ship often to be empty. We were the first ones in just before sunset on Day One and each night thereafter. We were relaxed when we got to a late dinner in the plush dining room, and that meant we were not rushed and had better service.
Lori loved the desserts, especially the family of crisps - boysenberry, apple and peach - while I was head over heels for the lamb dishes and the salmon. I only regret not ordering the Filipino dishes earlier. That was a last-night decision that introduced me to a great new cuisine.
Lori loved to bundle up and go outside to reach out and almost touch the glaciers of Antarctica, while I preferred to enjoy them from the saddle of a bicycle in an enclosed glass gym on the top deck. And I was thrilled with the digital-photo workshops offered on board. These free classes turned out to be very valuable for passengers with basic questions about their digital camera's operation. The instructors then focused on photo storage and manipulation. There was even a class on moviemaking.
The classes began last year and were a marriage between Holland America and Microsoft. They turned out to be so popular that the companies extended them on all cruises through 2014.
Something else we learned was that we should choose shore excursions carefully to match our skill levels. We figured since we'd ridden bicycles as kids we could do it again. That was before we figured out that riding a bike in Buenos Aires is clearly for daredevils.
We chose a bicycle trip through the oldest sections of the city, La Boca and the San Telmo district. Unfortunately in Buenos Aires bike lanes are not yet in place.
"It was a harrowing day, the kind of day you will take to your grave," a woman riding with us said. Our companions on the road included a driver blaring his horn nonstop as he made a right turn, rolling right through our long line of riders.
"I prayed I was not going to die," Lori later confided.
Perhaps we should have chosen a day of wine-tasting.
We did that just outside Montevideo, Uruguay, at the Bouza Winery, a family-run business that believes small is better. The winery has added a big dining room with grand windows where waiters poured four tastes of wine and served an extravagant lunch of lamb, beef and tasty cheese. Live music provided by a pianist and a banjo-player made for a memorable day.
That experience was topped only by a visit with penguins in their natural habitat. The MS Veendam offered three possibilities during this South America journey. Based on conversations with other passengers, however, they found that Magdalena Island outside of Punta Arena, Chile, proved to be the best choice because guests have more time with the penguins and access to the island via a modern ferry is easy and involves less walking than the other options.
Magdalena Island is home to Magellanic penguins that look like they are smiling. More than a thousand of them were hopping about, some digging out a new front porch, others coddling fledglings that had just been born just about 40 days earlier. Some of the adults were waddling around while others lifted their heads, puffed their breasts and made a honk-sounding call. Sadly, we learned from Palmer Station employees that the penguin population is dying off due to global warming.
There were plenty of lectures on board about history and geology as well as about birds of the area and the great explorers who passed through these waters, among the earliest Ferdinand Magellan and among the most recent Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton. Lori found a special spot at the very back of the boat where she could view such birds as the wide-winged albatrosses gliding about in the air drafts created by the ship.
In addition to all of this, passengers could play pingpong and take dance lessons and cooking classes, so we all had plenty to do. Best of all for me was that Lori and I figured out we didn't mind being together all the time and in small quarters. We had shared 20 pretty wonderful days.
Holland America offers three-week South America and Antarctica Explorer cruises on the MS Zaandam embarking Dec. 18, 2013; Jan. 8 and 29, 2014; and Dec. 22, 2014.


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I long ago fell in love with the clean, crisp, sweet taste of Meyer lemons. And recently, Mexican foods guru Rick Bayless reminded me why.
The Meyer lemon (named for Frank Meyer, who discovered them over 100 years ago) is a cross between a lemon and possibly some variety of orange. Thin-skinned, they often mature to a yellow-orange colour and are slightly less acidic than common lemons. I like that because the lower acid makes it so much easier to appreciate the vibrant taste of these lemons.
And I'm particularly fond of using them in drinks. That's just one reason I've fallen in love with Bayless' new cookbook, "Frontera: Margaritas, Guacamoles and Snacks." In it, he has a recipe for Meyer lemon margaritas that uses tequila that has been infused with the zest of the lemons for four days.
This summer, I experimented with infusing tequila with a split vanilla bean and rich roasted coffee, but I never considered citrus. This book was the perfect excuse to try more infusing.
When I read through the recipe, I realized that it was natural to use citrus to infuse tequila, and how special the Meyer lemon zest would make it and the margaritas. Thoughts of limoncello with a Mexican twist immediately came to mind. I love having the infused tequila on hand, which makes masterful margaritas, of course. But it's also delicious all on its own to be enjoyed as sipping tequila.
Besides the creative recipes, the best part of this cookbook is that Bayless provides two recipes for every margarita — a single-serve cocktail and a pitcher version. And I thought the latter would be just perfect to get a Super Bowl watching party going. Not only is it a fun drink, but the tangy lemon flavour is perfect for cutting through all the rich, heavy foods we usually eat during the big game.
For ease, the entire recipe can be made in advance and refrigerated. That way when your guests arrive all you have to do is fill a cocktail shaker with ice, shake the drink to get it icy cold, and serve. You also could just serve it poured over crushed ice.
Start to finish: 2 hours (10 minutes active)
Servings: 8
1 1/2 cups Meyer lemon tequila (see recipe below)
1 cup fresh Meyer lemon juice (4 to 5 lemons)
3/4 cup triple sec
1/2 cup Meyer lemon simple syrup (see recipe below)
6 cups ice cubes
8 lemon twists, to garnish
In a pitcher, combine the tequila, lemon juice, triple sec and simple syrup. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 2 hours.
When ready to serve, fill a cocktail shaker half full with ice and pour in 1 cup of the margarita mixture. Shake, strain into two 6-ounce martini glasses and garnish each with a twist. Repeat for the remaining margaritas.
Start to finish: 4 days (10 minutes active)
Makes one 750-millilitre bottle
8 Meyer lemons
750-millilitre bottle 100 per cent blue agave blanco tequila
Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest (colored layer of skin only) from the lemons in large strips. Place the zest in a large glass jar, then add the tequila and cover tightly. Let stand for 4 days to allow the flavours to blend, tipping the jar back and forth a couple times a day.
Strain out the zest, and the tequila is ready to use. Stored in a glass container or its original bottle, it will keep its vibrant colour for 1 to 2 months.
Start to finish: 15 minutes
Makes 1 cup
2 Meyer lemons
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
Use a vegetable peeler to remove the zest (colored layer of skin only) from the lemons in large strips.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the zest, sugar and water, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Let the mixture reach a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool. Strain out and discard the zest. Cover and refrigerate until needed. Keeps for several weeks.
(Recipes from Rick Bayless and Deann Groen Bayless' "Frontera: Margaritas, Guacamoles and Snacks," W. W. Norton & Company, 2012)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Elizabeth Karmel is a grilling and Southern foods expert and executive chef at Hill Country Barbecue Market restaurants in New York and Washington, as well as Hill Country Chicken in New York. She is the author of three cookbooks, including "Soaked, Slathered and Seasoned."


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BROCKTON - Police have placed a mobile observation tower at the top of Legion Parkway in the center of the city.
The tower, which is on loan to the department from the MBTA Transit Police, was installed Thursday and is meant to "give some visibility" to the Legion Parkway area, Brockton Police Lt. Kenneth LeGrice said.
The tower has cameras mounted on each side and will be intermittently manned by a Brockton Police officer.
"We're tying it out to see what the benefits are," LeGrice said. "This is going to allow us to monitor what's going on on Legion Parkway."
The presence of the tower is expected to be a crime deterrent in an area that at times can be a hotbed for criminal activity.
LeGrice said there is no current plan for how long the tower will remain up for.


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Look out. That familiar sight is the New England Patriots romping through December, looking like a Super Bowl team.
The Patriots rolled over Houston 42-14 on Monday night, stamping themselves once again as the team to fear in the AFC — and making the Texans look like pretenders.
Tom Brady threw for four touchdowns and 296 yards as New England manhandled the team with the league's best record. The Patriots (10-3), who already own the AFC East title, won their seventh straight and moved one game behind the Texans (11-2) for the conference's top seed.
A matchup of the top two scoring teams in the league was a mismatch from the outset. It took take New England only one possession to start its scoring barrage as the Patriots surpassed their average of 35.8 points per game.
Wes Welker's 31-yard punt return and 25-yard reception — the 107th straight game he's had a catch — led to Aaron Hernandez's 7-yard score. That gave Brady 45 consecutive games with a TD pass, third longest in NFL history.
It also set the tone.
Houston, which had won six straight, threatened on its next series, only to have Matt Schaub force a ball into double coverage in the Patriots' end zone. Devin McCourty picked it off and returned it 19 yards, setting up more pinpoint throws by Brady, who finished 21 of 35.
He couldn't miss if he tried, his receivers were so uncovered: Brandon Lloyd for 14 yards, Danny Woodhead for 18, Hernandez for 13, then Lloyd for the 37-yard TD to make it 14-0. Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips could only shake his head in disgust at his players' inability to challenge the Patriots.
It got worse. At the end of a 70-yard drive helped by a 26-yard interference call on Danieal Manning, no Texans were lined up to Brady's left in front of Hernandez. A quick snap, a quicker pass and the tight end waltzed into the end zone.
New England was headed for its 20th successive home win in December, and its 21st straight victory in the second half of the schedule.
Houston was headed back home wondering not only how it could measure up to a perennial championship contender in the future, but if it could hold off surging Indianapolis in the AFC South. The Texans have a two-game lead but face the Colts (9-4) on Sunday in Houston, then in the season finale at Indianapolis.
Although the Texans have clinched at least a wild-card berth, they haven't had a truly convincing win since October. This was a convincing defeat, however — although they got on the scoreboard in the third quarter with an 88-yard drive capped by Arian Foster's 1-yard run.
By then the Patriots had their fourth TD, a gorgeous 63-yard throw to Donte' Stallworth, who was re-signed last week to replace injured Julian Edelman. It gave Brady his 18th game with at least four TD passes, moving ahead of Hall of Famer John Unitas for fourth all time.
Brady nearly had a fifth as Woodhead broke free on a screen pass early in the fourth period. Texans standout defensive end J.J. Watt, who was pretty much invisible otherwise, forced a fumble, but the ball soared 11 yards into the end zone, where Lloyd fell on it for a 35-7 lead.
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Beauty and the Beast Star Jay Ryan: Cat and Vincent Will Finally Kiss - And Do a Lot More
Beauty and the Beast fans, you're finally going to get your Catherine and Vincent kiss. But not so fast!
On the midseason finale of the CW series, a crash left Catherine (Kristin Kreuk) just about lifeless. As Vincent (Jay Ryan), in beast form, arrived on the scene, so did an already suspicious Evan (Max Brown), leaving the audience wondering if Vincent's secret would officially be out. When the show returns (Thursday, 9/8c), Catherine will be recovering in the hospital where Vincent has another run-in, this time with a woman from his past. How will Vincent avoid being discovered and will Catherine continue to risk everything to ultimately be with him? Keep reading to find out.
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When Vincent visits Catherine in the hospital, he's spotted by his ex-fiancée, Alex (Bridget Regan). How will he explain that he's actually alive?
Jay Ryan: Vincent holds huge guilt toward the way he left Alex. We discover that before the military he spiraled into this dark state where he was addicted to medication, he was writing prescriptions on prescription pads and Alex nursed him out of that. When he couldn't handle that and the anger of his brother's death, he basically packed his bags without her even knowing. So when she sees him he has to decide if he'll let this woman think she's insane, like people think Catherine is for saying that a beast saved her 10 years ago. He eventually tries to tell the truth, but finds it extremely difficult to tell the one woman who he loved that he's a grotesque creature on the inside.
So he lies to her?
Ryan: He thinks he could possibly live a normal life without telling her. They end up going on a "romantic weekend" because Catherine pushes Vincent to tell Alex the truth, but for Alex, she thinks they'll consummate the relationship again and go full throttle, but for Vincent it's the moment he'll release his secret.
With Alex in the picture, does that mean him and Catherine could be over?
Ryan: I don't think for once Vincent doesn't think Catherine isn't the love of his life, but for a selfish reason Vincent is toying with the idea that he can live a normal life with Alex. If he elopes with her, away from all this craziness, he also lets the people closest to him free without having to lie for him. But he also gives Catherine an ultimatum of, "Alex is saying, 'Let's live far away, 'would you do that for me?"
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How will Vincent keep Evan from finding out that Vincent is the beast he's seen twice now?
Ryan: Since Evan does get a glimpse of this creature holding Catherine in his arms, it really turns his suspicion into, "I know for sure there's a connection between Catherine and this vigilante," which ramps up his investigation.
And he starts to work J.T. (Austin Basis), right?
Ryan: By pulling J.T. into it, J.T. can keep an eye on it from the inside and it also gives him the ability to use Evan's equipment and take a fine tuning to what's going on with his body. He discovers that Vincent is having these rapid growing pains, but they're actually a good thing, nothing more animalistic, and they're these abilities that were designed for these super-soldiers, but never came to fruition because they were all eradicated.
Finally, will we ever see Catherine and Vincent kiss? They've come so close!
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All great ape species have experienced considerable declines in the recent past due to loss of their habitat, hunting for bushmeat and infectious disease outbreaks. This serious problem also affects the research groups we are working with, as documented by a number of cases in which individuals we studied were lost due to poaching or disease outbreaks. Therefore, an important focus of our work is in the field of conservation biology and how science can make a contribution to conservation. We mainly work in the following domains:
Ape population status information
Reliable information on local, regional and range-wide ape population status is extremely important for informing policy makers, action plan processes, conservation managers, governments or land-use planners. In collaboration with several other institutions and funding agencies, we have developed the A.P.E.S. Portal platform that also contains the IUCN/A.P.E.S. Database, a repository for ape population datasets. The A.P.E.S. Portal provides a wide spectrum of information on the status of apes, their threats and conservation.
Development of monitoring approaches
Assessing ape population status is not trivial and estimating ape population size, local densities or distribution can be very challenging. In collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits and the Computer Vision and Animal Biometrics research group at Bristol University, we are developing automated audiovisual approaches to great ape monitoring. Such software will discriminate between chimpanzee and gorilla faces and classify them individually. Footage from remote video traps will then be processed for ape density estimation (www.saisbeco.de). Similarly, we are developing software to automatically extract ape and primate vocalizations from long-term audio recordings. This extracted information will be fed into occurrence models or used for assessing biodiversity.
Evidence-based conservation
Another field where science can make a contribution to conservation is in evaluating the effectiveness of various conservation activities. One approach we use is site-based and uses detailed, local-scale, ape population data to assess the effectiveness of particular conservation activities, such as law enforcement or long-term research presence. Another approach we use examines large scale effectiveness by comparing conservation success across many sites.
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Enticed by the glowing review this restaurant garnered in 2007 in The Jewish Press, a 2007 mention in The New York Blueprint, a nice review and slide show in New York Magazine and quite a few others – along the same vein – we couldn't wait to try Eddie Allaham's eatery. Knowing Eddie was one of the original owners and the creator of Prime Grill's concept, made our mouths water in anticipation of visiting La Carne Grill (340 Lexington Ave; New York, NY 10016; 212.490.7172). Daniel Ronay (whom readers of our blog have met before, came along this time in place of SYR who couldn't make it).
Daniel started the meal with Crispy Sweatbreads, they came with an olive tapenade and mustard aoili. He described them as nicely crispy and flavorful without being overpowering.
I opted for the Garlic Baby Artichokes, which consists of sauteed baby artichoke, drizzled with sweet garlic sauce.
I am a potato lover and had I eaten these blindfolded, I would have thought – based merely on the taste – that I was savoring some very buttery potatoes… superbly done!
We each followed the appetizer with a sushi rolls (who would have believed, less than six month ago, that I would EVER touch fish based sushi?!?!?).
Daniel had the Red Dragon Roll, a spicy tuna roll with wonton crisps on top. He liked the nice contrast between the roll texture and the chipped wonton crisps. Though it came in a nicely sized portion, Danny said he could continue eating more and more of it.
I had the colorful Rainbow Roll, a california roll with tuna, salmon, yellowtail and white fish. An artistically presented dish, did not taste fishy at all, a wonderful amalgam where each ingredient was subtle enough to allow the others to shine through to create a wonderful, perfect, combination of flavors. We each washed it down with a delightful 2007 Herzog Chardonnay.
For the main dish, he continued to a delicious Beef Wellington. It came with a grilled filet mignon with asparagus, garlic demi sauce and mushroom duxelles, wrapped in puff pastry.
While he's not normally a fan of Beef Wellington, he felt he would order this particular version again. He found the meat tender, juicy, perfectly cooked with a nice shade of of light pink in the center. What made it so different was the delicate sauce of ground mushrooms with a touch of lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. Daniel couldn't stop raving about it!
I ordered a Filet Mignon, which came with a black trumpet (mushrooms) brandy cream sauce (delicious!!!!) and French fries. Tender and juicy, superbly cooked to medium state. I paired it with a 2006 Benyamina The Cave. This blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot, aged in a three hundred year old cave in the heart of the Carmel mountains and the Filet… ah, a marriage made in heaven!
We finished this royal repast with an excellent pareve capuccino and a Blueberry Cheesecake…
It was hard to believe, there was no real cheese inside. Delicate but full of flavor, even without the blueberry it would still have been outstanding.
We were pleased to see that La Carne Grill does not rest on its past laurels, Chef Angel Ramirez and his stuff worked hard to produce their very best still. There is no question I must bring SYR soon, I know she'll love it!


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Pear crisp good any time
Sometimes, even on a weeknight, you really crave a little dessert. But making dessert takes time, and you already are spending time cooking up the main event, namely dinner.
That's where this recipe comes to the rescue. It's a quick, easy and delicious pear crisp that calls for just five ingredients — pears, granola, lemon juice, apricot jam and a pinch of salt.
Pears are just now at the tail-end of their season. Yes, I know we can find pears all year these days. But believe me, those specimens are going to be nowhere near as electrifying as a fully-ripened in-season local pear. The problem is the relative rareness of such pears. Ralph Waldo Emerson was onto something when he wrote, "There are only 10 minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat."
In other words, most of the time, no matter where it comes from, our pears aren't at the peak of perfection. And for those times, when pears are unripe and you don't have time to let them ripen, this recipe comes in mighty handy. Baking an unripe pear not only makes it tender, it also crystallizes and magnifies the fruit's flavor. Happily, any kind of pear — and there are many varieties — will work in this recipe, as will a mix of varieties.
Pears also have a lot to offer in terms of health. They're a good source of vitamin C and a great source of fiber.
As for granola, there are a zillion brands in the cereal aisle of the supermarket. The problem is that many of them are laden with fat and sugar even as they masquerade under a healthy halo. That's why the recommended portion on the back of most granola boxes is just 1/4 cup. Pour yourself a normal, adult-sized portion and you might as well be tucking into a breakfast of waffles and sausage.
So when you shop for granola, look for a brand that's lower in fat, sugar and calories than the competition — and which also contains lots of nuts, seeds and dried fruit. And if you want to bump up the nutritional value of this recipe even more, you also could add 1/4 cup of ground flaxseed.
With all of that said, I wouldn't worry too much about the amount of granola in this recipe. Per serving, it's about what the granola box recommends, and mostly serves to put the crisp on this pear crisp. Heck, you'd be much better off serving this dessert for breakfast than dogging a big bowl of nothing but granola.
Speedy Pear Crisp
Start to finish: 1 hour (15 minutes active); makes 8 servings
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon apricot preserves or sweetened fruit spread
4 pears (about 2 pounds), peeled, cored and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons lemon juice
table salt
2 cups purchased granola
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat a shallow 6-cup baking dish with cooking spray.
In a small saucepan over medium-low, heat the preserves until melted and easily stirred.
Set the sliced pears in a large bowl, then drizzle the preserves over them. Add the lemon juice and salt, then toss well. Spread the pears evenly in the prepared baking dish.
Sprinkle the granola evenly over the pears, then cover the dish loosely with foil and bake 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake another 15 minutes, or until the pears are tender. Serve hot or cold.
Per serving: 210 calories; 25 calories from fat (12 percent of total calories); 2.5 g fat (0.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 50 g carbohydrate; 5 g fiber; 27 g sugar; 3 g protein; 55 mg sodium.


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Q: I am 72, so would a urethral stent be a good treatment option for my BPH? I would rather avoid surgery if possible.
A: The prostate is the male organ that makes the fluid in semen. The urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body, passes through the prostate. The prostate gland continues to grow throughout a man's lifetime, and it can enlarge enough to squish the urethra, impeding urine flow. The term for a non-cancerous enlarged prostate is benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Early BPH symptoms can include difficulty initiating urination, a weak stream, difficulty continuing the stream and/or dribbling at the end of urination. Higher levels of blockage can lead to more severe symptoms, possibly including the inability to pass any urine at all. Symptoms from BPH are extremely rare before age 40, but by age 55 about one in four men have some symptoms, and by age 75 over half of all men have symptoms.
BPH treatment is determined by the severity of symptoms. Minor symptoms, which are not significantly impacting the patient's life, are usually treated with a "watch and wait" approach. Many men with minor symptoms do not develop more severe symptoms or actually have their symptoms improve, and no other treatment is required.
However, men with symptoms that are impacting the quality of their life, or whose minor symptoms progress, may require treatment with medications. Patients whose symptoms do not respond to medications or who have severe complications such as kidney damage, large ongoing blood in their urine, episodes of complete blockage (emergently treated with placement of a catheter through the urethra to allow urine drainage) or bladder stones, may require other interventions:
- Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), where prostate tissue is cut away using a specialized instrument inserted through the urethra, is the most common surgery for BPH and the treatment that other treatments are compared to. Procedure improvements have minimized side effects, but bleeding, surgical complications, urine incontinence or other complications still occur in a small percentage of patients.
- Transurethral incision of the prostate is an option for some men if their prostate is small enough and a TURP is not optimal.
- Open surgical resection may be required for some men with extremely large prostates, or those with complications such as bladder issues.
- Some patients may be candidates for less invasive procedures such as laser, microwave or electrical ablations to vaporize/burn away some of the prostate tissue.
- Stent placement (self-expandable metallic devices which apply a gentle outward force to push the urethra open to keep it patent) may be an option for selected patients; however the long-term experience with these devices is limited. Some studies have shown that men with urethral stents may develop bladder stones, or may develop granulation tissue around the stent leading to recurrence of their obstruction. Therefore, these devices are usually used only as a temporary treatment (rather than leaving a catheter in) for up to a month to bide time until a more definitive treatment can be performed.
Men with minor symptoms from heir BPH should modify their lifestyle by minimizing fluids before bedtime (to prevent the need to get up to urinate during the night), minimize fluids that increase urine production (such as alcohol or caffeine), work with their doctor to limit certain medications (such as diuretics for hypertension), not rush or strain when urinating, and may try herbal treatments such as saw palmetto or beta-sitosterol extracts (discuss this with your healthcare provider before taking medication, even herbal medications). However, the many men require more aggressive treatments should discuss the pluses and minuses with their urologist to select the best option for them.
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[This week I'm tossing in extra posts, in addition to the usual reviews, on suggested gifts for readers. No kickbacks from sellers. These are just gifts I like and will help to support libraries or other friends of books.]
Know someone who defines the necessities of life as "food, clothing, shelter and books"? Here's a possible gift: a small pillow that shows a comment Thomas Jefferson made to his friend John Adams in 1815: "I cannot live without books." (A few books stand to the right of the legend.) The pillow is a 12" x 14" cotton-and-polyester blend that sells for $34 the Library of Congress Shop www.loc.gov/shop/. I can't link directly to the picture in its online catalog, but you can find it by clicking on the "Home Accessories" page or searching for "pillow" on the site. The catalog says the pillow is navy blue, though it looks burgundy, and usually ships in 3–4 business days. The shop also sells mugs, T-shirts and tote bags with the quote. The Library of Congress has more than 3,000 books from the collection of the third president.
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Last week we discussed salt's role in cooking, this time we will focus on the various types of salt. I found quite a few sites offering excellent information on salt types. Quite a few salts have risen to gourmet status because of their rarity and corresponding prices.
Among the most thorough sites explaining the many types, I found saltworks.us to be among the most informative (yes, they sell the salts themselves) for sea salts. They explain, in a simple manner, the differences among the various types. [We are NOT discussing or endorsing the kashrus of any single item listed. You have to check with the respective manufacturer whether any item is at all kosher and if it has a reliable hechsher. CS]
French Sea Salt
French sea salts are hand-harvested from pristine Atlantic seawater. Unlike most American sea salts, they are usually unrefined so they retain more of the trace minerals that naturally occur in seawater. These minerals include natural iodine. French grey sea salt, or Sel Gris, is harvested using the traditional Celtic methods. This prized process is done entirely by hand, using only wooden tools. This preserves the pure taste of the French salt, and produces a very special moist crystalline texture. Sel Gris by Le Tresor is also lower in sodium chloride content than average sea salts, generally containing anywhere from 83–87% sodium chloride. French sea salts are ideal for use on salads, cooked fresh vegetables and grilled meat. They are available in coarse grains – ideal for pinching or salt cellars, stone ground fine – an ideal replacement for processed table salts, and extra fine grain – the perfect popcorn salt (or other salty snacks).
Grey Salt
Other Names: Sel Gris
Grey salt is a "moist" unrefined sea salt, usually found in the Brittany region of France's Atlantic coast. Its natural light grey color comes from the minerals absorbed from the clay lining the salt ponds. The salt is collected by hand using traditional Celtic methods and wooden tools. Grey salt has gained great fame in the mainstream culinary world in the last few years, and is considered by many to be the best quality salt available. It is available in coarse grain – which is the perfect finishing or pinching size, stone ground fine – ideally used at the table instead of processed salts, and extra fine (Velvet) grain – perfect for sprinkling over nuts or popcorn.
Hawaiian Sea Salt
Other Names: Alaea, Alae, Hawaiian Red Salt, Hiwa Kai, Black Hawaiian Salt
Alaea Sea Salt is a traditional Hawaiian table salt used to season and preserve. A natural mineral called "Alae" (volcanic baked red clay) is added to enrich the salt with iron oxide. This natural additive is what gives the salt its distinctive red (pink) color. The clay imparts a subtle flavor that is said to be mellower and more earthy than regular sea salt. It is the traditional and authentic seasoning for native Hawaiian dishes such as Kalua pig, poke and Hawaiian jerky. It is also delicious on prime rib and pork loin. Alaea Red Hawaiian Sea Salt is available in fine and coarse grain.
Black Hawaiian sea salt, or Hiwa Kai, has a stunning black color. Activated charcoal is added to the salt for its stunning visual presentation, and flavor enhancing properties. Charcoal has also become popular for use in detox diets. Though not in large enough quantities to take as a detox supplement here, the activated charcoal in Hiwa Kai Black Hawaiian Sea Salt adds a pop of color and tasty flavor to your dishes. Available in coarse grain—great for tableside presentation and grinders.
Italian Sea Salt
Other Names: Sicilian Sea Salt, Sale Marino
Italian sea salt is produced from the low waters of the Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Sicily. It is a natural salt rich in minerals, such as iodine, fluorine, magnesium and potassium, with a slightly lower percentage of sodium chloride than regular table salt. The salt pans are filled with the seawater in the spring and left to evaporate, relying on the heat of the Sicilian sun and strong African winds. Harvesting takes place once the water has evaporated and the salt is crushed and ground without any further refining. These salts have a delicate taste and plenty of flavor, without being too strong or salty. Italian sea salts are wonderful on salads or used to finish roasts and sauces. Great as a garnish on bruschetta. Available in coarse and fine grain.
Sea Salt
Other Names: Sal Del Mar, Sel De Mer, Sale Marino
Sea salt is a broad term that generally refers to unrefined salt derived directly from a living ocean or sea. It is harvested through channeling ocean water into large clay trays and allowing the sun and wind to evaporate it naturally. Manufacturers of sea salt typically do not refine sea salt as much as other kinds of processed salt, so it still contains natural traces of other minerals, including iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, manganese, zinc and iodine. Proponents of sea salt rave about its bright, pure, clean flavor, and about the subtleties lent to it by these other trace minerals. Some of the most common sources for sea salt include the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean (particularly in France, on the coast of Brittany). Sea salt is thought to be healthier and more flavorful than traditional table salt. Available in coarse, fine & extra fine grain size, and many sizes in between!
Smoked Sea Salt
Smoked sea salts are a relatively new and exciting gourmet salt in the U.S.! When you are considering a smoked sea salt, make sure that it is a naturally smoked salt, and hasn't just had liquid smoke flavoring added—this can create a bitter taste. The salts that are smoked naturally in cold smokers are slow-smoked over real wood fires to infuse the salt crystals with 100% natural smoke flavor. Smoked sea salts add a unique flavor to a wide range of dishes including roasts, chicken, salads and sandwiches.
Unlike artificially infused smoke flavored salts, quality smoked sea salts are created using natural smoking methods. These salts are delicious to use when grilling or oven roasting, and are a must when cooking salmon. Also adds an authentic smokehouse flavor to soups, salads, pasta and sandwiches. Available in fine, coarse and flake grain sizes.
We will discuss more types of salt in the third installment of this series. Please remember, whether you find the type you wish online or in a specialty store, ALWAYS check to make sure it has a reputable hechsher you feel comfortable relying upon. Be warned, these salts are rather expensive.